Book recommendations

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I know this thread deals with recommended books, but may I comment on a recent book that I would avoid? I was at work today at Surratt House when a question came up about a new historical novella entitled David E. Herold His True Confession, authored by Cristina Bryan.

I first met the author about two years ago when she came to a program at Surratt House and introduced herself to me as the owner of a new publishing company in the area. At that time, she said she was interested in recruiting authors to work with. About six months ago, however, she authors and publishes this piece of fiction with a little history thrown in. Her writing style is nice, but I wish I could say the same for her interpretation of history.

She recently participated in a program in a neighboring county, and two of my staff members went to hear her presentation. They left very disappointed to find that she seems to believe and is prepared to preach another version of the old "Booth escaped" canard.

I want to put a plug in here for one of my staff members and a poster on this forum, Lindsey Horn. Lindsey has been working on a historical novel about Davey Herold for several years now, and I was astounded recently when I heard her conversing with some Herold descendants on genealogy. Lindsey knew more than they did! Hopefully, her work will be done soon - and we assassination nuts can enjoy and benefit from Lindsey's years of research. I'm pretty sure that it will be far better than the previously mentioned novella.